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A woman charged with two gross misdemeanor counts and four felonies in connection with a fatal Nessel Township crash that killed her four year old son has pled guilty to three of the charges avoiding a trial that was scheduled to start in two weeks.  Ashlee Klapperick, 36, will be held in Shakopee Women’s Correctional Facility until her sentencing October 27. 

Chisago County Attorney Janet Reiter said three original counts were dismissed in the plea hearing Thursday Aug 7 in Judge Bridgid Dowdal’s courtroom in Center City. 

It is anticipated Klapperick will be sentenced to 48 months in prison based on sentencing guidelines, the county attorney added.

One guilty plea to criminal vehicular homicide relates to the death of Klapperick’s son, in a child seat when the Chevrolet passenger car struck a van almost head on March 14,2025.  This child died a few days later in the hospital.  A second child in a child safety seat in Klapperick’s Chevrolet, was also injured. 

The pair of counts of criminal vehicular operation that Klapperick admitted to in the plea,  pertained to injuries sustained by the second driver, and one of the three children in her van. 

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